View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biodiversity-so-important-kim-preshoff
Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face of change? Kim Preshoff details why the answer, to a large extent, is biodiversity.
Lesson by Kim Preshoff, animation by TED-Ed.

Find more EarthFocus content at https://www.linktv.org/earthfocus
(Earth Focus: Episode 41) What do plants, snakes, molds, marine sponges, and cone snails have in common? They have helped develop medicines that save human lives. Biodiversity -- the variety of life on Earth -- is key to human survival. But plants, animals, and microorganisms are disappearing at unprecedented rates. What impact will this have on human health? Find out in this Earth Focus special report, produced in collaboration with Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the GlobalEnvironment.
Read a related blog post by Link TV's Sean Nevins: https://www.linktv.org/earth-focus-blog/biodiversity-and-health-ep-41
Earth Focus is an environmental news magazine that puts a human face on the environment by featuring under-publicized stories about how changes in our environment are affecting everyday people.

published:06 Jun 2012

views:21565

What You Can Do talks with Brett Garling from Mission Blue about biodiversity. Discover what biodiversity is, why it's so important to maintain, and how we can all help make a difference.
For more information on What You Can Do, please visit:
Facebook - www.Facebook.com/whatyoucando
Twitter - www.Twitter.com/whatyoucando
Website - www.whatyoucando.com
Blog - www.whatyoucandoseries.blogspot.com
Vlog - www.youtube.com/unstoppableminute.com
Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/1minette
For more information on On the Leesh Productions, please visit:
Website - http://www.ontheleesh.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ontheleesh
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published:31 May 2016

views:15266

http://pollutioncontrol.free-health-care.info/blog/
Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A BiggerHammer
The purpose of biodiversity maainstreaming is to have biodiversity principles included at every stage of the planning of projects by businesses and governments. The idea is to incorporate biodiversity considerations into all human activities.
implementing biodiversity
There are currently biodiversity mainstreaming projects going on in many parts of the world, which are focused on increasing involvement in implementing biodiversity principles in an effort to preserve the remaining natural resources.
Part of biodiversity
Part of biodiversity mainstreaming involves working with all sectors of a government in order to have them be aware of biodiversity issues, and make sure that biodiversity issues are not overlooked in the resolution of the problems each sector deals with.
Agencies concerned with agriculture
Agencies concerned with agriculture, public health, science and technology, the environment, and forests, fisheries and water resources are often the first agencies that biodiversity reformers and conservationists turn to during the planning of civic projects, with other sectors, such as transportation, energy, and mining being brought aboard as the project develops. As you can imagine, getting consensus from all these groups is not an easy task.
biodiversity mainstreaming
Another part of biodiversity mainstreaming is making the concept appealing to the very people who feel threatened by the concept of biodiversity. Lumber or coal workers, for example, are two groups that historically are against those they call tree-huggers because of a perceived threat to their livelihoods. Getting these and other groups to see the benefits of conserving the biodiversity of a region is often difficult.
require significant efforts
In Brazil, for example, conservation of biodiversity will require significant efforts from both the public and private sectors. There are many barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming because of a lack of information and priority among key parties.
unsustainable development
Other barriers include unsustainable development initiatives and poor coordination between public and private participants. Brazils huge geographical size and ecological differences, and a generally low public awareness of the issues seriously compound the difficulties.
formation of cooperative partnerships
In Africa, on the other hand, innovative thinking along with the formation of cooperative partnerships between industry local governments has helped achieve early successes in mainstreaming biodiversity concerns.
Efforts to remove barriers
Efforts to remove barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming consisted of building institutional and policy-level capabilities and partnerships, identifying and fixing market failures, and showing that different practices in all production sectors will contribute greatly to biodiversity management and preservation.
increasingly less habitable world
Biodiversity mainstreaming is very important, but implementing it is a very delicate and time-consuming process. If, however, the major players in governments and businesses do not begin to accept it, as they have done in Africa, the consequences for everyone will be an increasingly less habitable world.

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published:27 Jun 2007

views:90686

What are the good practices for the effective incorporation of biodiversity into the process of social and environmental impact assessment? Enroll now in our courses of management of social and environmental risk: http://Iad.bg/p7Kd30mfY1c - Subscribe to our blog! http://Iad.bg/9Wm630mfY8m
At the Inter-American Development Bank we work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.iadb.org

http://pollutioncontrol.free-health-care.info/blog/
How To Define Biodiversity
How to define biodiversity changes with who is doing the defining.
Environmentalists might define biodiversity as the total of all plant and animal life (excluding humans) of the planet, and the planet itself the air, water and land that supports animal and plant life. A scientist might add humans to the animal life considered when trying to define biodiversity.
specific groups of listeners
Governments and businesses often jump through varying hoops while trying to define biodiversity, depending on the audience they are addressing. When they to define it, they are very careful to tailor it to the specific groups of listeners they are addressing, who have varying opinions on the topic.
groups regard conservation
To some groups, biodiversity and anything to do with preserving it is seen as a threat to their livelihood, while other groups regard conservation and anything related to preserving biodiversity as a panacea for all the ills humankind suffers.
some specific factors
In order to accurately define biodiversity, however, there are some specific factors that must be considered, notably:
Genetic diversity
Genetic diversity, which is the variation of genes within a single species. There are two kinds of genetic diversity: the variations within distinct populations of the same species, and the genetic variation within a population.
,diversity
Species diversity is the consideration of the varieties of species within a region. While there are many ways to determine this, two of the most popular measures are species richness, or the number of species, both plant and animal, that inhabit an area, and the more precise taxonomic diversity, which considers the relationships between species as well as their numbers.
Ecosystem diversity
Ecosystem diversity is usually considered the most difficult type of diversity to measure since the boundaries between various biological communities are highly fluid.
USAid
One example of how to define biodiversity is the criteria that USAid uses as requirements for their programs:
explicit biodiversity objective
The program must have an explicit biodiversity objective. Just saying it's to conserve biodiversity is not enough.
achievable and measurable
The objective must be achievable and measurable
analysis of threats
All activities related to the project must be identified by analysis of threats to biodiversity
indicators for biodiversity
Monitoring of all indicators for biodiversity conservation is required; and
On-site programs must have the goal of positively impacting the biodiversity of areas that are biologically significant or threatened.
study of all biodiversity's
While the study of all biodiversity's individual factors is fascinating in and of itself, in order to successfully define biodiversity, no one factor should be allowed to overwhelm the consideration of the others.
workable way to define biodiversity
And since there is no one simple, elegant, and workable way to define biodiversity, one of the best ways to comprehend it is to read the varying definitions used by scientists, governments, businesses and environmentalists, in order to get a good overview of the subject.

.blog

.blog is a proposed Generic top-level domain intended for use by blogs as the name suggests. In late 2013, due to concerns over "name collisions", wherein companies could potentially be using some proposed gTLDs internally for their own use, the ICANN halted progression of .blog and 24 other proposed gTLDs pending further review.

References

Blog

A blog (a truncation of the expression weblog) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first). Until 2009, blogs were usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject. More recently, "multi-author blogs" (MABs) have developed, with posts written by large numbers of authors and professionally edited. MABs from newspapers, other media outlets, universities, think tanks, advocacy groups, and similar institutions account for an increasing quantity of blog traffic. The rise of Twitter and other "microblogging" systems helps integrate MABs and single-author blogs into societal newstreams. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

The emergence and growth of blogs in the late 1990s coincided with the advent of web publishing tools that facilitated the posting of content by non-technical users. (Previously, a knowledge of such technologies as HTML and FTP had been required to publish content on the Web.)

The American Museum (magazine)

The American Museum was a monthly American literary magazine published by Mathew Carey in the late-18th century. The American Museum "shares with the Columbian Magazine the honor of being the first successful American magazine."

Carey established the magazine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, using $400 that was given him by Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette. Carey published a total of 72 issues (twelve volumes) of the magazine—one each month from January 1787 to December 1792. The magazine reprinted significant historical documents of American history and also some original work.

Why is biodiversity so important? - Kim Preshoff

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biodiversity-so-important-kim-preshoff
Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face of change? Kim Preshoff details why the answer, to a large extent, is biodiversity.
Lesson by Kim Preshoff, animation by TED-Ed.

Blog Tropical Biodiversity Course Borneo

Earth Focus Episode 41 - Biodiversity and Health

Find more EarthFocus content at https://www.linktv.org/earthfocus
(Earth Focus: Episode 41) What do plants, snakes, molds, marine sponges, and cone snails have in common? They have helped develop medicines that save human lives. Biodiversity -- the variety of life on Earth -- is key to human survival. But plants, animals, and microorganisms are disappearing at unprecedented rates. What impact will this have on human health? Find out in this Earth Focus special report, produced in collaboration with Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the GlobalEnvironment.
Read a related blog post by Link TV's Sean Nevins: https://www.linktv.org/earth-focus-blog/biodiversity-and-health-ep-41
Earth Focus is an environmental news magazine that puts a human face on the environment by featuring under-publicized stories about how changes in our environment are affecting everyday people.

2:37

Biodiversity in the Ocean

Biodiversity in the Ocean

Biodiversity in the Ocean

What You Can Do talks with Brett Garling from Mission Blue about biodiversity. Discover what biodiversity is, why it's so important to maintain, and how we can all help make a difference.
For more information on What You Can Do, please visit:
Facebook - www.Facebook.com/whatyoucando
Twitter - www.Twitter.com/whatyoucando
Website - www.whatyoucando.com
Blog - www.whatyoucandoseries.blogspot.com
Vlog - www.youtube.com/unstoppableminute.com
Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/1minette
For more information on On the Leesh Productions, please visit:
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1:14

Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A Bigger Hammer

Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A Bigger Hammer

Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A Bigger Hammer

http://pollutioncontrol.free-health-care.info/blog/
Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A BiggerHammer
The purpose of biodiversity maainstreaming is to have biodiversity principles included at every stage of the planning of projects by businesses and governments. The idea is to incorporate biodiversity considerations into all human activities.
implementing biodiversity
There are currently biodiversity mainstreaming projects going on in many parts of the world, which are focused on increasing involvement in implementing biodiversity principles in an effort to preserve the remaining natural resources.
Part of biodiversity
Part of biodiversity mainstreaming involves working with all sectors of a government in order to have them be aware of biodiversity issues, and make sure that biodiversity issues are not overlooked in the resolution of the problems each sector deals with.
Agencies concerned with agriculture
Agencies concerned with agriculture, public health, science and technology, the environment, and forests, fisheries and water resources are often the first agencies that biodiversity reformers and conservationists turn to during the planning of civic projects, with other sectors, such as transportation, energy, and mining being brought aboard as the project develops. As you can imagine, getting consensus from all these groups is not an easy task.
biodiversity mainstreaming
Another part of biodiversity mainstreaming is making the concept appealing to the very people who feel threatened by the concept of biodiversity. Lumber or coal workers, for example, are two groups that historically are against those they call tree-huggers because of a perceived threat to their livelihoods. Getting these and other groups to see the benefits of conserving the biodiversity of a region is often difficult.
require significant efforts
In Brazil, for example, conservation of biodiversity will require significant efforts from both the public and private sectors. There are many barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming because of a lack of information and priority among key parties.
unsustainable development
Other barriers include unsustainable development initiatives and poor coordination between public and private participants. Brazils huge geographical size and ecological differences, and a generally low public awareness of the issues seriously compound the difficulties.
formation of cooperative partnerships
In Africa, on the other hand, innovative thinking along with the formation of cooperative partnerships between industry local governments has helped achieve early successes in mainstreaming biodiversity concerns.
Efforts to remove barriers
Efforts to remove barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming consisted of building institutional and policy-level capabilities and partnerships, identifying and fixing market failures, and showing that different practices in all production sectors will contribute greatly to biodiversity management and preservation.
increasingly less habitable world
Biodiversity mainstreaming is very important, but implementing it is a very delicate and time-consuming process. If, however, the major players in governments and businesses do not begin to accept it, as they have done in Africa, the consequences for everyone will be an increasingly less habitable world.

Biodiversity - from "The Wild Classroom"

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Biodiversity is all around us! In this video we introduce you to the concept of biodiversity. It is more than just the total number of species, however. It describes diversity at all levels from genetic diversity to ecosystem diversity. Yet we are losing biodiversity. We pose the question, "What can each of us do to help save what is left?"
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MovingTimelapse setup - http://amzn.to/2Bc4ZWk
GoPro - http://amzn.to/2z8NTqV
Our Filmmaking Book!!! - http://amzn.to/2zV88LS
Music comes from here - Rob's edits: https://goo.gl/roSjb7
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Our full gear setup: https://kit.com/UntamedScience
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2:14

Biodiversity in social and environmental impact assessments

Biodiversity in social and environmental impact assessments

Biodiversity in social and environmental impact assessments

What are the good practices for the effective incorporation of biodiversity into the process of social and environmental impact assessment? Enroll now in our courses of management of social and environmental risk: http://Iad.bg/p7Kd30mfY1c - Subscribe to our blog! http://Iad.bg/9Wm630mfY8m
At the Inter-American Development Bank we work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.iadb.org

How To Define Biodiversity

http://pollutioncontrol.free-health-care.info/blog/
How To Define Biodiversity
How to define biodiversity changes with who is doing the defining.
Environmentalists might define biodiversity as the total of all plant and animal life (excluding humans) of the planet, and the planet itself the air, water and land that supports animal and plant life. A scientist might add humans to the animal life considered when trying to define biodiversity.
specific groups of listeners
Governments and businesses often jump through varying hoops while trying to define biodiversity, depending on the audience they are addressing. When they to define it, they are very careful to tailor it to the specific groups of listeners they are addressing, who have varying opinions on the topic.
groups regard conservation
To some groups, biodiversity and anything to do with preserving it is seen as a threat to their livelihood, while other groups regard conservation and anything related to preserving biodiversity as a panacea for all the ills humankind suffers.
some specific factors
In order to accurately define biodiversity, however, there are some specific factors that must be considered, notably:
Genetic diversity
Genetic diversity, which is the variation of genes within a single species. There are two kinds of genetic diversity: the variations within distinct populations of the same species, and the genetic variation within a population.
,diversity
Species diversity is the consideration of the varieties of species within a region. While there are many ways to determine this, two of the most popular measures are species richness, or the number of species, both plant and animal, that inhabit an area, and the more precise taxonomic diversity, which considers the relationships between species as well as their numbers.
Ecosystem diversity
Ecosystem diversity is usually considered the most difficult type of diversity to measure since the boundaries between various biological communities are highly fluid.
USAid
One example of how to define biodiversity is the criteria that USAid uses as requirements for their programs:
explicit biodiversity objective
The program must have an explicit biodiversity objective. Just saying it's to conserve biodiversity is not enough.
achievable and measurable
The objective must be achievable and measurable
analysis of threats
All activities related to the project must be identified by analysis of threats to biodiversity
indicators for biodiversity
Monitoring of all indicators for biodiversity conservation is required; and
On-site programs must have the goal of positively impacting the biodiversity of areas that are biologically significant or threatened.
study of all biodiversity's
While the study of all biodiversity's individual factors is fascinating in and of itself, in order to successfully define biodiversity, no one factor should be allowed to overwhelm the consideration of the others.
workable way to define biodiversity
And since there is no one simple, elegant, and workable way to define biodiversity, one of the best ways to comprehend it is to read the varying definitions used by scientists, governments, businesses and environmentalists, in order to get a good overview of the subject.

1:07

What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, Easy Review

What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, Easy Review

What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, Easy Review

http://pollutioncontrol.free-health-care.info/blog/
What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, EasyReview
As natural resources and animal and plant life vanish at record rates the question what is biodiversity? looms larger and larger for humankind. Because there is no easy, one-size-fits-all answer, various dictionaries, governments, businesses and environmental groups answer the question what is biodiversity? in the manner that best serves their motives and furthers their purposes. Additionally, while there is no easy answer to what is biodiversity, whatever definition is used must, of necessity be tailored to the understanding of the questioners.
To answer the question, what is biodiversity, one must first determine what region we are discussing. There are, for example thirty-four separate biodiversity hotspots spread out over the continents, and each has its own specific character. A region where the primary ecosystems are water-based will require very different solutions than one that is land-based. A land-based region in a temperate zone will need very different solutions than an arctic or tropical one. In a region where the primary ecological damage is to the water systems, the answer is very different than in an area which is arid by nature. Further, the exact nature of the region needs to be assessed. Are animal or plant species (or both) vanishing due to changes in the land or water itself, or as a result of some new strain of disease? Is the human population of the are starving because of extinction or depletion of the species that support it?
However, in our less than ideal world, the question of what is biodiversity, often falls further behind in consideration than the question of how things can be accomplished with minimal interaction with environmentalists, who many governments seem to regard as some minor form of terrorists. This adversarial attitude between those who wish to preserve biodiversity and conserve resources, and those with the money and the power to allocate it often render it a moot point as to what concerns get attended to.
What is biodiversity? Biodiversity is the total of everything in all the ecosystems that make up our planet. It includes the planet itself, and all the people, animals, and plants that inhabit it. It also encompasses the sun, and the wind, since they provide part of the ecosystems that spawn and sustain life. Further, since it encompasses everything that exists, biodiversity is what sustains life as we know it. As such, it much be preserved and conserved, for our well-being, as well as that of every animal and plant species, and the well-being of the planet we live on.

Why is biodiversity so important? - Kim Preshoff

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biodiversity-so-important-kim-preshoff
Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face of change? Kim Preshoff details why the answer, to a large extent, is biodiversity.
Lesson by Kim Preshoff, animation by TED-Ed.

Alwar Biodiversity Park blog

Blog Tropical Biodiversity Course Borneo

Earth Focus Episode 41 - Biodiversity and Health

Find more EarthFocus content at https://www.linktv.org/earthfocus
(Earth Focus: Episode 41) What do plants, snakes, molds, marine sponges, and cone snails have in common? They have helped develop medicines that save human lives. Biodiversity -- the variety of life on Earth -- is key to human survival. But plants, animals, and microorganisms are disappearing at unprecedented rates. What impact will this have on human health? Find out in this Earth Focus special report, produced in collaboration with Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the GlobalEnvironment.
Read a related blog post by Link TV's Sean Nevins: https://www.linktv.org/earth-focus-blog/biodiversity-and-health-ep-41
Earth Focus is an environmental news magazine that puts a human face on the environment by featuring ...

published: 06 Jun 2012

Biodiversity in the Ocean

What You Can Do talks with Brett Garling from Mission Blue about biodiversity. Discover what biodiversity is, why it's so important to maintain, and how we can all help make a difference.
For more information on What You Can Do, please visit:
Facebook - www.Facebook.com/whatyoucando
Twitter - www.Twitter.com/whatyoucando
Website - www.whatyoucando.com
Blog - www.whatyoucandoseries.blogspot.com
Vlog - www.youtube.com/unstoppableminute.com
Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/1minette
For more information on On the Leesh Productions, please visit:
Website - http://www.ontheleesh.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ontheleesh
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/ontheleesh
Blog - http://www.ontheleesh.blogspot.com

published: 31 May 2016

Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A Bigger Hammer

http://pollutioncontrol.free-health-care.info/blog/
Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A BiggerHammer
The purpose of biodiversity maainstreaming is to have biodiversity principles included at every stage of the planning of projects by businesses and governments. The idea is to incorporate biodiversity considerations into all human activities.
implementing biodiversity
There are currently biodiversity mainstreaming projects going on in many parts of the world, which are focused on increasing involvement in implementing biodiversity principles in an effort to preserve the remaining natural resources.
Part of biodiversity
Part of biodiversity mainstreaming involves working with all sectors of a government in order to have them be aware of biodiversit...

published: 03 Feb 2010

Ask a Scientist about Cuba's Biodiversity

Ana Luz Porzecanski answers kids' questions about Cuba in this video interview. She's a conservation biologist at the American Museum of Natural History.
#Cuba #biodiversity #interviews #biology #scientists #conservation
What is Cuba?
What kinds of environments exist in Cuba?
What is biodiversity? Why is it so important, anyway?
Why is the biodiversity of Cuba so important?
What plants or animals live only in Cuba?
How does the biodiversity of Cuba differ from biodiversity around the world?
How are animals in Cuba different than those in the U.S.?
Can I see any of Cuba's animals at the zoo? Can I have one as a pet?
Are there any invasive species in Cuba?
How might Cuba's biodiversity change in the future?
Find more videos, games and activities in Ology, a science website
for kids fr...

published: 14 Dec 2016

Biodiversity - from "The Wild Classroom"

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Biodiversity is all around us! In this video we introduce you to the concept of biodiversity. It is more than just the total number of species, however. It describes diversity at all levels from genetic diversity to ecosystem diversity. Yet we are losing biodiversity. We pose the question, "What can each of us do to help save what is left?"
Our GEAR:
Our Camera: http://amzn.to/2B6R9Ep
The Adventure Camera Bag : http://amzn.to/2B8WYRH
MainLens - http://amzn.to/2C7XX48
Macro Lens - http://amzn.to/2hHUhxW
Telephoto Lens - http://amzn.to/2za1FJV
MegaWide Lens - http://amzn.to/2z9KtnS
On-camera Mic...

published: 27 Jun 2007

Biodiversity in social and environmental impact assessments

What are the good practices for the effective incorporation of biodiversity into the process of social and environmental impact assessment? Enroll now in our courses of management of social and environmental risk: http://Iad.bg/p7Kd30mfY1c - Subscribe to our blog! http://Iad.bg/9Wm630mfY8m
At the Inter-American Development Bank we work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.iadb.org

How To Define Biodiversity

http://pollutioncontrol.free-health-care.info/blog/
How To Define Biodiversity
How to define biodiversity changes with who is doing the defining.
Environmentalists might define biodiversity as the total of all plant and animal life (excluding humans) of the planet, and the planet itself the air, water and land that supports animal and plant life. A scientist might add humans to the animal life considered when trying to define biodiversity.
specific groups of listeners
Governments and businesses often jump through varying hoops while trying to define biodiversity, depending on the audience they are addressing. When they to define it, they are very careful to tailor it to the specific groups of listeners they are addressing, who have varying opinions on the topic....

published: 03 Feb 2010

What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, Easy Review

http://pollutioncontrol.free-health-care.info/blog/
What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, EasyReview
As natural resources and animal and plant life vanish at record rates the question what is biodiversity? looms larger and larger for humankind. Because there is no easy, one-size-fits-all answer, various dictionaries, governments, businesses and environmental groups answer the question what is biodiversity? in the manner that best serves their motives and furthers their purposes. Additionally, while there is no easy answer to what is biodiversity, whatever definition is used must, of necessity be tailored to the understanding of the questioners.
To answer the question, what is biodiversity, one must first determine what region we are discussing. There are, for example thirty-four s...

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biodiversity-so-important-kim-preshoff
Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face of change? Kim Preshoff details why the answer, to a large extent, is biodiversity.
Lesson by Kim Preshoff, animation by TED-Ed.

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Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face of change? Kim Preshoff details why the answer, to a large extent, is biodiversity.
Lesson by Kim Preshoff, animation by TED-Ed.

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(Earth Focus: Episode 41) What do plants, snakes, molds, marine sponges, and cone snails have in common? They have helped develop medicines that save human lives. Biodiversity -- the variety of life on Earth -- is key to human survival. But plants, animals, and microorganisms are disappearing at unprecedented rates. What impact will this have on human health? Find out in this Earth Focus special report, produced in collaboration with Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the GlobalEnvironment.
Read a related blog post by Link TV's Sean Nevins: https://www.linktv.org/earth-focus-blog/biodiversity-and-health-ep-41
Earth Focus is an environmental news magazine that puts a human face on the environment by featuring under-publicized stories about how changes in our environment are affecting everyday people.

Find more EarthFocus content at https://www.linktv.org/earthfocus
(Earth Focus: Episode 41) What do plants, snakes, molds, marine sponges, and cone snails have in common? They have helped develop medicines that save human lives. Biodiversity -- the variety of life on Earth -- is key to human survival. But plants, animals, and microorganisms are disappearing at unprecedented rates. What impact will this have on human health? Find out in this Earth Focus special report, produced in collaboration with Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the GlobalEnvironment.
Read a related blog post by Link TV's Sean Nevins: https://www.linktv.org/earth-focus-blog/biodiversity-and-health-ep-41
Earth Focus is an environmental news magazine that puts a human face on the environment by featuring under-publicized stories about how changes in our environment are affecting everyday people.

What You Can Do talks with Brett Garling from Mission Blue about biodiversity. Discover what biodiversity is, why it's so important to maintain, and how we can all help make a difference.
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What You Can Do talks with Brett Garling from Mission Blue about biodiversity. Discover what biodiversity is, why it's so important to maintain, and how we can all help make a difference.
For more information on What You Can Do, please visit:
Facebook - www.Facebook.com/whatyoucando
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Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A Bigger Hammer

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Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A BiggerHammer
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Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A BiggerHammer
The purpose of biodiversity maainstreaming is to have biodiversity principles included at every stage of the planning of projects by businesses and governments. The idea is to incorporate biodiversity considerations into all human activities.
implementing biodiversity
There are currently biodiversity mainstreaming projects going on in many parts of the world, which are focused on increasing involvement in implementing biodiversity principles in an effort to preserve the remaining natural resources.
Part of biodiversity
Part of biodiversity mainstreaming involves working with all sectors of a government in order to have them be aware of biodiversity issues, and make sure that biodiversity issues are not overlooked in the resolution of the problems each sector deals with.
Agencies concerned with agriculture
Agencies concerned with agriculture, public health, science and technology, the environment, and forests, fisheries and water resources are often the first agencies that biodiversity reformers and conservationists turn to during the planning of civic projects, with other sectors, such as transportation, energy, and mining being brought aboard as the project develops. As you can imagine, getting consensus from all these groups is not an easy task.
biodiversity mainstreaming
Another part of biodiversity mainstreaming is making the concept appealing to the very people who feel threatened by the concept of biodiversity. Lumber or coal workers, for example, are two groups that historically are against those they call tree-huggers because of a perceived threat to their livelihoods. Getting these and other groups to see the benefits of conserving the biodiversity of a region is often difficult.
require significant efforts
In Brazil, for example, conservation of biodiversity will require significant efforts from both the public and private sectors. There are many barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming because of a lack of information and priority among key parties.
unsustainable development
Other barriers include unsustainable development initiatives and poor coordination between public and private participants. Brazils huge geographical size and ecological differences, and a generally low public awareness of the issues seriously compound the difficulties.
formation of cooperative partnerships
In Africa, on the other hand, innovative thinking along with the formation of cooperative partnerships between industry local governments has helped achieve early successes in mainstreaming biodiversity concerns.
Efforts to remove barriers
Efforts to remove barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming consisted of building institutional and policy-level capabilities and partnerships, identifying and fixing market failures, and showing that different practices in all production sectors will contribute greatly to biodiversity management and preservation.
increasingly less habitable world
Biodiversity mainstreaming is very important, but implementing it is a very delicate and time-consuming process. If, however, the major players in governments and businesses do not begin to accept it, as they have done in Africa, the consequences for everyone will be an increasingly less habitable world.

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Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A BiggerHammer
The purpose of biodiversity maainstreaming is to have biodiversity principles included at every stage of the planning of projects by businesses and governments. The idea is to incorporate biodiversity considerations into all human activities.
implementing biodiversity
There are currently biodiversity mainstreaming projects going on in many parts of the world, which are focused on increasing involvement in implementing biodiversity principles in an effort to preserve the remaining natural resources.
Part of biodiversity
Part of biodiversity mainstreaming involves working with all sectors of a government in order to have them be aware of biodiversity issues, and make sure that biodiversity issues are not overlooked in the resolution of the problems each sector deals with.
Agencies concerned with agriculture
Agencies concerned with agriculture, public health, science and technology, the environment, and forests, fisheries and water resources are often the first agencies that biodiversity reformers and conservationists turn to during the planning of civic projects, with other sectors, such as transportation, energy, and mining being brought aboard as the project develops. As you can imagine, getting consensus from all these groups is not an easy task.
biodiversity mainstreaming
Another part of biodiversity mainstreaming is making the concept appealing to the very people who feel threatened by the concept of biodiversity. Lumber or coal workers, for example, are two groups that historically are against those they call tree-huggers because of a perceived threat to their livelihoods. Getting these and other groups to see the benefits of conserving the biodiversity of a region is often difficult.
require significant efforts
In Brazil, for example, conservation of biodiversity will require significant efforts from both the public and private sectors. There are many barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming because of a lack of information and priority among key parties.
unsustainable development
Other barriers include unsustainable development initiatives and poor coordination between public and private participants. Brazils huge geographical size and ecological differences, and a generally low public awareness of the issues seriously compound the difficulties.
formation of cooperative partnerships
In Africa, on the other hand, innovative thinking along with the formation of cooperative partnerships between industry local governments has helped achieve early successes in mainstreaming biodiversity concerns.
Efforts to remove barriers
Efforts to remove barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming consisted of building institutional and policy-level capabilities and partnerships, identifying and fixing market failures, and showing that different practices in all production sectors will contribute greatly to biodiversity management and preservation.
increasingly less habitable world
Biodiversity mainstreaming is very important, but implementing it is a very delicate and time-consuming process. If, however, the major players in governments and businesses do not begin to accept it, as they have done in Africa, the consequences for everyone will be an increasingly less habitable world.

Biodiversity - from "The Wild Classroom"

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Biodiversity is all around us! In this video we introduce you to the concept of biodiversity. It is more than just the total number of species, however. It describes diversity at all levels from genetic diversity to ecosystem diversity. Yet we are losing biodiversity. We pose the question, "What can each of us do to help save what is left?"
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Biodiversity is all around us! In this video we introduce you to the concept of biodiversity. It is more than just the total number of species, however. It describes diversity at all levels from genetic diversity to ecosystem diversity. Yet we are losing biodiversity. We pose the question, "What can each of us do to help save what is left?"
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How To Define Biodiversity

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How To Define Biodiversity
How to define biodiversity changes with who is doing the defining.
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How To Define Biodiversity
How to define biodiversity changes with who is doing the defining.
Environmentalists might define biodiversity as the total of all plant and animal life (excluding humans) of the planet, and the planet itself the air, water and land that supports animal and plant life. A scientist might add humans to the animal life considered when trying to define biodiversity.
specific groups of listeners
Governments and businesses often jump through varying hoops while trying to define biodiversity, depending on the audience they are addressing. When they to define it, they are very careful to tailor it to the specific groups of listeners they are addressing, who have varying opinions on the topic.
groups regard conservation
To some groups, biodiversity and anything to do with preserving it is seen as a threat to their livelihood, while other groups regard conservation and anything related to preserving biodiversity as a panacea for all the ills humankind suffers.
some specific factors
In order to accurately define biodiversity, however, there are some specific factors that must be considered, notably:
Genetic diversity
Genetic diversity, which is the variation of genes within a single species. There are two kinds of genetic diversity: the variations within distinct populations of the same species, and the genetic variation within a population.
,diversity
Species diversity is the consideration of the varieties of species within a region. While there are many ways to determine this, two of the most popular measures are species richness, or the number of species, both plant and animal, that inhabit an area, and the more precise taxonomic diversity, which considers the relationships between species as well as their numbers.
Ecosystem diversity
Ecosystem diversity is usually considered the most difficult type of diversity to measure since the boundaries between various biological communities are highly fluid.
USAid
One example of how to define biodiversity is the criteria that USAid uses as requirements for their programs:
explicit biodiversity objective
The program must have an explicit biodiversity objective. Just saying it's to conserve biodiversity is not enough.
achievable and measurable
The objective must be achievable and measurable
analysis of threats
All activities related to the project must be identified by analysis of threats to biodiversity
indicators for biodiversity
Monitoring of all indicators for biodiversity conservation is required; and
On-site programs must have the goal of positively impacting the biodiversity of areas that are biologically significant or threatened.
study of all biodiversity's
While the study of all biodiversity's individual factors is fascinating in and of itself, in order to successfully define biodiversity, no one factor should be allowed to overwhelm the consideration of the others.
workable way to define biodiversity
And since there is no one simple, elegant, and workable way to define biodiversity, one of the best ways to comprehend it is to read the varying definitions used by scientists, governments, businesses and environmentalists, in order to get a good overview of the subject.

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How To Define Biodiversity
How to define biodiversity changes with who is doing the defining.
Environmentalists might define biodiversity as the total of all plant and animal life (excluding humans) of the planet, and the planet itself the air, water and land that supports animal and plant life. A scientist might add humans to the animal life considered when trying to define biodiversity.
specific groups of listeners
Governments and businesses often jump through varying hoops while trying to define biodiversity, depending on the audience they are addressing. When they to define it, they are very careful to tailor it to the specific groups of listeners they are addressing, who have varying opinions on the topic.
groups regard conservation
To some groups, biodiversity and anything to do with preserving it is seen as a threat to their livelihood, while other groups regard conservation and anything related to preserving biodiversity as a panacea for all the ills humankind suffers.
some specific factors
In order to accurately define biodiversity, however, there are some specific factors that must be considered, notably:
Genetic diversity
Genetic diversity, which is the variation of genes within a single species. There are two kinds of genetic diversity: the variations within distinct populations of the same species, and the genetic variation within a population.
,diversity
Species diversity is the consideration of the varieties of species within a region. While there are many ways to determine this, two of the most popular measures are species richness, or the number of species, both plant and animal, that inhabit an area, and the more precise taxonomic diversity, which considers the relationships between species as well as their numbers.
Ecosystem diversity
Ecosystem diversity is usually considered the most difficult type of diversity to measure since the boundaries between various biological communities are highly fluid.
USAid
One example of how to define biodiversity is the criteria that USAid uses as requirements for their programs:
explicit biodiversity objective
The program must have an explicit biodiversity objective. Just saying it's to conserve biodiversity is not enough.
achievable and measurable
The objective must be achievable and measurable
analysis of threats
All activities related to the project must be identified by analysis of threats to biodiversity
indicators for biodiversity
Monitoring of all indicators for biodiversity conservation is required; and
On-site programs must have the goal of positively impacting the biodiversity of areas that are biologically significant or threatened.
study of all biodiversity's
While the study of all biodiversity's individual factors is fascinating in and of itself, in order to successfully define biodiversity, no one factor should be allowed to overwhelm the consideration of the others.
workable way to define biodiversity
And since there is no one simple, elegant, and workable way to define biodiversity, one of the best ways to comprehend it is to read the varying definitions used by scientists, governments, businesses and environmentalists, in order to get a good overview of the subject.

What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, Easy Review

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What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, EasyReview
As natural resources and animal and plant life vanish at...

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What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, EasyReview
As natural resources and animal and plant life vanish at record rates the question what is biodiversity? looms larger and larger for humankind. Because there is no easy, one-size-fits-all answer, various dictionaries, governments, businesses and environmental groups answer the question what is biodiversity? in the manner that best serves their motives and furthers their purposes. Additionally, while there is no easy answer to what is biodiversity, whatever definition is used must, of necessity be tailored to the understanding of the questioners.
To answer the question, what is biodiversity, one must first determine what region we are discussing. There are, for example thirty-four separate biodiversity hotspots spread out over the continents, and each has its own specific character. A region where the primary ecosystems are water-based will require very different solutions than one that is land-based. A land-based region in a temperate zone will need very different solutions than an arctic or tropical one. In a region where the primary ecological damage is to the water systems, the answer is very different than in an area which is arid by nature. Further, the exact nature of the region needs to be assessed. Are animal or plant species (or both) vanishing due to changes in the land or water itself, or as a result of some new strain of disease? Is the human population of the are starving because of extinction or depletion of the species that support it?
However, in our less than ideal world, the question of what is biodiversity, often falls further behind in consideration than the question of how things can be accomplished with minimal interaction with environmentalists, who many governments seem to regard as some minor form of terrorists. This adversarial attitude between those who wish to preserve biodiversity and conserve resources, and those with the money and the power to allocate it often render it a moot point as to what concerns get attended to.
What is biodiversity? Biodiversity is the total of everything in all the ecosystems that make up our planet. It includes the planet itself, and all the people, animals, and plants that inhabit it. It also encompasses the sun, and the wind, since they provide part of the ecosystems that spawn and sustain life. Further, since it encompasses everything that exists, biodiversity is what sustains life as we know it. As such, it much be preserved and conserved, for our well-being, as well as that of every animal and plant species, and the well-being of the planet we live on.

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What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, EasyReview
As natural resources and animal and plant life vanish at record rates the question what is biodiversity? looms larger and larger for humankind. Because there is no easy, one-size-fits-all answer, various dictionaries, governments, businesses and environmental groups answer the question what is biodiversity? in the manner that best serves their motives and furthers their purposes. Additionally, while there is no easy answer to what is biodiversity, whatever definition is used must, of necessity be tailored to the understanding of the questioners.
To answer the question, what is biodiversity, one must first determine what region we are discussing. There are, for example thirty-four separate biodiversity hotspots spread out over the continents, and each has its own specific character. A region where the primary ecosystems are water-based will require very different solutions than one that is land-based. A land-based region in a temperate zone will need very different solutions than an arctic or tropical one. In a region where the primary ecological damage is to the water systems, the answer is very different than in an area which is arid by nature. Further, the exact nature of the region needs to be assessed. Are animal or plant species (or both) vanishing due to changes in the land or water itself, or as a result of some new strain of disease? Is the human population of the are starving because of extinction or depletion of the species that support it?
However, in our less than ideal world, the question of what is biodiversity, often falls further behind in consideration than the question of how things can be accomplished with minimal interaction with environmentalists, who many governments seem to regard as some minor form of terrorists. This adversarial attitude between those who wish to preserve biodiversity and conserve resources, and those with the money and the power to allocate it often render it a moot point as to what concerns get attended to.
What is biodiversity? Biodiversity is the total of everything in all the ecosystems that make up our planet. It includes the planet itself, and all the people, animals, and plants that inhabit it. It also encompasses the sun, and the wind, since they provide part of the ecosystems that spawn and sustain life. Further, since it encompasses everything that exists, biodiversity is what sustains life as we know it. As such, it much be preserved and conserved, for our well-being, as well as that of every animal and plant species, and the well-being of the planet we live on.

Why is biodiversity so important? - Kim Preshoff

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Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face of change? Kim Preshoff details why the answer, to a large extent, is biodiversity.
Lesson by Kim Preshoff, animation by TED-Ed.

Earth Focus Episode 41 - Biodiversity and Health

Find more EarthFocus content at https://www.linktv.org/earthfocus
(Earth Focus: Episode 41) What do plants, snakes, molds, marine sponges, and cone snails have in common? They have helped develop medicines that save human lives. Biodiversity -- the variety of life on Earth -- is key to human survival. But plants, animals, and microorganisms are disappearing at unprecedented rates. What impact will this have on human health? Find out in this Earth Focus special report, produced in collaboration with Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the GlobalEnvironment.
Read a related blog post by Link TV's Sean Nevins: https://www.linktv.org/earth-focus-blog/biodiversity-and-health-ep-41
Earth Focus is an environmental news magazine that puts a human face on the environment by featuring under-publicized stories about how changes in our environment are affecting everyday people.

Biodiversity in the Ocean

What You Can Do talks with Brett Garling from Mission Blue about biodiversity. Discover what biodiversity is, why it's so important to maintain, and how we can all help make a difference.
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Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A Bigger Hammer

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Biodiversity Mainstreaming If It Doesn't Fit, Get A BiggerHammer
The purpose of biodiversity maainstreaming is to have biodiversity principles included at every stage of the planning of projects by businesses and governments. The idea is to incorporate biodiversity considerations into all human activities.
implementing biodiversity
There are currently biodiversity mainstreaming projects going on in many parts of the world, which are focused on increasing involvement in implementing biodiversity principles in an effort to preserve the remaining natural resources.
Part of biodiversity
Part of biodiversity mainstreaming involves working with all sectors of a government in order to have them be aware of biodiversity issues, and make sure that biodiversity issues are not overlooked in the resolution of the problems each sector deals with.
Agencies concerned with agriculture
Agencies concerned with agriculture, public health, science and technology, the environment, and forests, fisheries and water resources are often the first agencies that biodiversity reformers and conservationists turn to during the planning of civic projects, with other sectors, such as transportation, energy, and mining being brought aboard as the project develops. As you can imagine, getting consensus from all these groups is not an easy task.
biodiversity mainstreaming
Another part of biodiversity mainstreaming is making the concept appealing to the very people who feel threatened by the concept of biodiversity. Lumber or coal workers, for example, are two groups that historically are against those they call tree-huggers because of a perceived threat to their livelihoods. Getting these and other groups to see the benefits of conserving the biodiversity of a region is often difficult.
require significant efforts
In Brazil, for example, conservation of biodiversity will require significant efforts from both the public and private sectors. There are many barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming because of a lack of information and priority among key parties.
unsustainable development
Other barriers include unsustainable development initiatives and poor coordination between public and private participants. Brazils huge geographical size and ecological differences, and a generally low public awareness of the issues seriously compound the difficulties.
formation of cooperative partnerships
In Africa, on the other hand, innovative thinking along with the formation of cooperative partnerships between industry local governments has helped achieve early successes in mainstreaming biodiversity concerns.
Efforts to remove barriers
Efforts to remove barriers to biodiversity mainstreaming consisted of building institutional and policy-level capabilities and partnerships, identifying and fixing market failures, and showing that different practices in all production sectors will contribute greatly to biodiversity management and preservation.
increasingly less habitable world
Biodiversity mainstreaming is very important, but implementing it is a very delicate and time-consuming process. If, however, the major players in governments and businesses do not begin to accept it, as they have done in Africa, the consequences for everyone will be an increasingly less habitable world.

Biodiversity - from "The Wild Classroom"

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Biodiversity is all around us! In this video we introduce you to the concept of biodiversity. It is more than just the total number of species, however. It describes diversity at all levels from genetic diversity to ecosystem diversity. Yet we are losing biodiversity. We pose the question, "What can each of us do to help save what is left?"
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How To Define Biodiversity

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How To Define Biodiversity
How to define biodiversity changes with who is doing the defining.
Environmentalists might define biodiversity as the total of all plant and animal life (excluding humans) of the planet, and the planet itself the air, water and land that supports animal and plant life. A scientist might add humans to the animal life considered when trying to define biodiversity.
specific groups of listeners
Governments and businesses often jump through varying hoops while trying to define biodiversity, depending on the audience they are addressing. When they to define it, they are very careful to tailor it to the specific groups of listeners they are addressing, who have varying opinions on the topic.
groups regard conservation
To some groups, biodiversity and anything to do with preserving it is seen as a threat to their livelihood, while other groups regard conservation and anything related to preserving biodiversity as a panacea for all the ills humankind suffers.
some specific factors
In order to accurately define biodiversity, however, there are some specific factors that must be considered, notably:
Genetic diversity
Genetic diversity, which is the variation of genes within a single species. There are two kinds of genetic diversity: the variations within distinct populations of the same species, and the genetic variation within a population.
,diversity
Species diversity is the consideration of the varieties of species within a region. While there are many ways to determine this, two of the most popular measures are species richness, or the number of species, both plant and animal, that inhabit an area, and the more precise taxonomic diversity, which considers the relationships between species as well as their numbers.
Ecosystem diversity
Ecosystem diversity is usually considered the most difficult type of diversity to measure since the boundaries between various biological communities are highly fluid.
USAid
One example of how to define biodiversity is the criteria that USAid uses as requirements for their programs:
explicit biodiversity objective
The program must have an explicit biodiversity objective. Just saying it's to conserve biodiversity is not enough.
achievable and measurable
The objective must be achievable and measurable
analysis of threats
All activities related to the project must be identified by analysis of threats to biodiversity
indicators for biodiversity
Monitoring of all indicators for biodiversity conservation is required; and
On-site programs must have the goal of positively impacting the biodiversity of areas that are biologically significant or threatened.
study of all biodiversity's
While the study of all biodiversity's individual factors is fascinating in and of itself, in order to successfully define biodiversity, no one factor should be allowed to overwhelm the consideration of the others.
workable way to define biodiversity
And since there is no one simple, elegant, and workable way to define biodiversity, one of the best ways to comprehend it is to read the varying definitions used by scientists, governments, businesses and environmentalists, in order to get a good overview of the subject.

What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, Easy Review

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What Is Biodiversity - A Quick, EasyReview
As natural resources and animal and plant life vanish at record rates the question what is biodiversity? looms larger and larger for humankind. Because there is no easy, one-size-fits-all answer, various dictionaries, governments, businesses and environmental groups answer the question what is biodiversity? in the manner that best serves their motives and furthers their purposes. Additionally, while there is no easy answer to what is biodiversity, whatever definition is used must, of necessity be tailored to the understanding of the questioners.
To answer the question, what is biodiversity, one must first determine what region we are discussing. There are, for example thirty-four separate biodiversity hotspots spread out over the continents, and each has its own specific character. A region where the primary ecosystems are water-based will require very different solutions than one that is land-based. A land-based region in a temperate zone will need very different solutions than an arctic or tropical one. In a region where the primary ecological damage is to the water systems, the answer is very different than in an area which is arid by nature. Further, the exact nature of the region needs to be assessed. Are animal or plant species (or both) vanishing due to changes in the land or water itself, or as a result of some new strain of disease? Is the human population of the are starving because of extinction or depletion of the species that support it?
However, in our less than ideal world, the question of what is biodiversity, often falls further behind in consideration than the question of how things can be accomplished with minimal interaction with environmentalists, who many governments seem to regard as some minor form of terrorists. This adversarial attitude between those who wish to preserve biodiversity and conserve resources, and those with the money and the power to allocate it often render it a moot point as to what concerns get attended to.
What is biodiversity? Biodiversity is the total of everything in all the ecosystems that make up our planet. It includes the planet itself, and all the people, animals, and plants that inhabit it. It also encompasses the sun, and the wind, since they provide part of the ecosystems that spawn and sustain life. Further, since it encompasses everything that exists, biodiversity is what sustains life as we know it. As such, it much be preserved and conserved, for our well-being, as well as that of every animal and plant species, and the well-being of the planet we live on.

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